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Working Papers

2025

1. Consumer price rigidity in the Baltic states during periods of low and high inflation
   Bank of Estonia Working Papers, Bank of Estonia
   Also in Bank of Estonia Working Papers, Bank of Estonia
   Working Papers, Latvijas Banka (2024)

2022

2. Business investment, the user cost of capital and firm heterogeneity
   Bank of Estonia Working Papers, Bank of Estonia
3. Credit market concentration and systemic risk in Europe
   Bank of Estonia Working Papers, Bank of Estonia View citations (1)
4. Were jobs saved at the cost of productivity in the Covid-19 crisis ?
   Bank of Estonia Working Papers, Bank of Estonia View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Were jobs saved at the cost of productivity in the COVID-19 crisis?, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2024) View citations (2) (2024)

2021

5. Monetary-fiscal policy interactions in the euro area
   Occasional Paper Series, European Central Bank View citations (7)

2020

6. Baseline Results from the EU28 EUROMOD: 2016-2019
   EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research

2019

7. Effects of tax-benefit policies on the income distribution and work incentives in Estonia
   OECD Economics Department Working Papers, OECD Publishing
8. Income underreporting by the self-employed in Europe: a cross-country comparative study
   Bank of Estonia Working Papers, Bank of Estonia View citations (1)
9. Indexing out of poverty? Fiscal drag and benefit erosion in cross-national perspective
   EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Indexing Out of Poverty? Fiscal Drag and Benefit Erosion in Cross‐National Perspective, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (2020) View citations (5) (2020)

2018

10. Demographic Change and the European Income Distribution
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
    Also in EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (2018) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Demographic change and the European income distribution, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2019) View citations (24) (2019)
11. Europe through the crisis: discretionary policy changes and automatic stabilisers
    EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Europe Through the Crisis: Discretionary Policy Changes and Automatic Stabilizers, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2020) View citations (32) (2020)

2017

12. Decomposition of changes in the EU income distribution in 2007-2011
    EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (4)
13. Measuring the fiscal and equity impact of tax evasion: evidence from Denmark and Estonia
    JRC Working Papers on Taxation & Structural Reforms, Joint Research Centre View citations (2)

2016

14. Fiscal sustainability and demographic change: a micro approach for 27 EU countries
    EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (1)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Fiscal sustainability and demographic change: a micro-approach for 27 EU countries, International Tax and Public Finance, Springer (2017) View citations (12) (2017)
15. The antipoverty performance of universal and means-tested benefits with costly take-up
    ImPRovE Working Papers, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp View citations (4)
16. The effect of changes in tax-benefit policies on the income distribution in 2008-2015
    EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (8)

2015

17. Income underreporting based on income-expenditure gaps: survey vs tax records
    ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (18)
18. Tax evasion and measurement error: An econometric analysis of survey data linked with tax records
    ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (30)
19. The design of fiscal consolidation measures in the European Union: distributional effects and implications for macroeconomic recovery
    EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research
20. The effect of tax-benefit changes on the income distribution in 2008-2014
    EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (12)

2014

21. A lost decade? Decomposing the effect of 2001-11 tax-benefit policy changes on the income distribution in EU countries
    ImPRovE Working Papers, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp View citations (11)
22. Microsimulation and policy analysis
    ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (10)
23. Taxing home ownership: distributional effects of including net imputed rent in taxable income
    EcoMod2014, EcoMod
    Also in EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (2012) View citations (5)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012) View citations (4)
    EcoMod2012, EcoMod (2012) View citations (4)
    DEOS Working Papers, Athens University of Economics and Business (2012) View citations (5)
24. The effect of tax-benefit changes on the income distribution in EU countries since the beginning of the economic crisis
    EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (16)

2013

25. The distributional effects of fiscal consolidation in nine EU countries
    EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (41)
26. The distributional effects of taxes and transfers under alternative income concepts: the importance of three ‘I’s
    EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (1)

2012

27. GINI DP 28: The impact of indirect taxes and imputed rent on inequality: A comparison with cash transfers and direct taxes in five EU countries
    GINI Discussion Papers, AIAS, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Distributional Effects of Taxes and Transfers Under Alternative Income Concepts, Public Finance Review (2015) View citations (12) (2015)

2011

28. The distributional effects of austerity measures: a comparison of six EU countries
    EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (26)

2009

29. Flat tax reform in Eastern Europe: a comparative analysis of alternative scenarios in Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia, using EUROMOD
    EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (1)
30. Measuring the size and impact of public cash support for children in cross-national perspective
    Working Papers, "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi View citations (3)
    Also in EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (2009) View citations (4)
    ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research (2009) View citations (3)
31. The Distributional Impact of In Kind Public Benefits in European Countries
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (25)
    Also in EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (2009) View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article The distributional impact of in-kind public benefits in European countries, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2010) View citations (65) (2010)
32. The effects of taxes and benefits on income distribution in the enlarged EU
    EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (17)

2008

33. Effects of Flat Tax Reforms in Western Europe on Equity and Efficiency
    EcoMod2008, EcoMod View citations (8)
    Also in ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research (2008) View citations (10)
    FiFo Discussion Papers - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge, University of Cologne, FiFo Institute for Public Economics (2008) View citations (9)
    EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (2008) View citations (10)
34. Effects of Flat Tax Reforms in Western Europe on Income Distribution and Work Incentives
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Effects of flat tax reforms in Western Europe, Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier (2009) View citations (34) (2009)
35. Improving the capacity and usability of EUROMOD: final report
    EUROMOD Working Papers, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (5)

2007

36. WHY DO INDIVIDUALS EVADE PAYROLL AND INCOME TAXATION IN ESTONIA?
    University of Tartu - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Working Paper Series, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu (Estonia) View citations (20)
    See also Chapter Why do Individuals Evade Payroll and Income Taxation in Estonia?, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2008) View citations (2) (2008)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Were jobs saved at the cost of productivity in the COVID-19 crisis?
   European Economic Review, 2024, 161, (C) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Were jobs saved at the cost of productivity in the Covid-19 crisis ?, Bank of Estonia Working Papers (2022) View citations (3) (2022)

2023

2. The impact of the Covid-19 job retention support on employment
   Economics Letters, 2023, 222, (C) View citations (7)

2022

3. The Energy Crisis in the Baltic States: Causes, Challenges, and Policies
   EconPol Forum, 2022, 23, (06), 28-32 View citations (1)
4. The effect of COVID-19 and the wage compensation measure on income-related gender disparities
   Baltic Journal of Economics, 2022, 22, (2), 146-166 View citations (1)

2020

5. Cheating in Europe: underreporting of self-employment income in comparative perspective
   International Tax and Public Finance, 2020, 27, (2), 363-390 View citations (14)
6. Europe Through the Crisis: Discretionary Policy Changes and Automatic Stabilizers
   Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 82, (4), 864-888 View citations (32)
   See also Working Paper Europe through the crisis: discretionary policy changes and automatic stabilisers, EUROMOD Working Papers (2018) View citations (6) (2018)
7. Indexing Out of Poverty? Fiscal Drag and Benefit Erosion in Cross‐National Perspective
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2020, 66, (2), 311-333 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Indexing out of poverty? Fiscal drag and benefit erosion in cross-national perspective, EUROMOD Working Papers (2019) View citations (6) (2019)
8. Nudging towards tax compliance: A fieldwork-informed randomised controlled trial
   Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, 2020, 3, (1) View citations (8)

2019

9. Demographic change and the European income distribution
   The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2019, 17, (3), 337-357 View citations (24)
   See also Working Paper Demographic Change and the European Income Distribution, IZA Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (4) (2018)

2017

10. Fiscal sustainability and demographic change: a micro-approach for 27 EU countries
    International Tax and Public Finance, 2017, 24, (4), 575-615 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Fiscal sustainability and demographic change: a micro approach for 27 EU countries, EUROMOD Working Papers (2016) View citations (1) (2016)
11. Removing Homeownership Bias in Taxation: The Distributional Effects of Including Net Imputed Rent in Taxable Income
    Fiscal Studies, 2017, 38, 525-557 View citations (8)

2015

12. The Distributional Effects of Taxes and Transfers Under Alternative Income Concepts
    Public Finance Review, 2015, 43, (3), 347-372 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper GINI DP 28: The impact of indirect taxes and imputed rent on inequality: A comparison with cash transfers and direct taxes in five EU countries, GINI Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (2) (2012)

2010

13. The distributional impact of in-kind public benefits in European countries
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2010, 29, (2), 243-266 View citations (65)
    See also Working Paper The Distributional Impact of In Kind Public Benefits in European Countries, IZA Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (25) (2009)

2009

14. Effects of flat tax reforms in Western Europe
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 2009, 31, (5), 620-636 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper Effects of Flat Tax Reforms in Western Europe on Income Distribution and Work Incentives, IZA Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (4) (2008)

Chapters

2008

1. Why do Individuals Evade Payroll and Income Taxation in Estonia?
   Chapter 10 in The Shadow Economy, Corruption and Governance, 2008, pp 240-264 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper WHY DO INDIVIDUALS EVADE PAYROLL AND INCOME TAXATION IN ESTONIA?, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu (Estonia) (2007) View citations (20) (2007)

2004

2. Income Inequality and its Decomposition: the Case of Estonia
   Chapter 7 in Modelling the Economies of the Baltic Sea Region, 2004, vol. 17, pp 206-235 View citations (1)